Questions tagged [syslinux]
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How to use grub as netboot menu with ipxe?
I am setting up a small office’s netboot solution. I have the machines configured to pxe boot an initial ipxe.efi nbp with an embedded ipxe script to chain request against a matchbox server for my k8s ...
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How to prepare custom Alpine Linux ISO for unattended installation
I am evaluating Alpine Linux to replace CentOS, Currently we prepare Custom ISO with kickstart for unattended installations. In my case from unattended I mean that deployer just put USB and after that ...
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syslinux pxe boot windows 10 with winpe iso - CDBOOT cannot boot from CD - Code: 5
I am trying to install windows 10 via network boot on a VM (later on, I want to do that on real computers). Therefore I use Debian 9 and VMWare 12.
On my Debian system I have implemented an isc-dhcp-...
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Chainloading syslinux using grub2
I created a syslinux/isolinux hybrid CD iso to boot either legacy bios or eufi depending on what is needed. The legacy bios part works well and has worked for many years. I am using the newest (6.0.3) ...
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CloneZilla syslinux.cfg works on yakkety but not on artful
I installed CloneZilla 20180329 amd64, the artful alternative version and tried to automate some settings via the ocs_prerun variables. Specifically I want to set the locale and keyboard layout, the ...
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PXE boot cannot find syslinux config file, where is it looking?
I am running a PXE server mock up in VMware Workstation. I have the DHCP and TFTP servers working and I can get my to grab an IP address and boot the firmware for their platform.
Where I seem to be ...
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PXE localboot fails (timer doesn't countdown)
I'm currently using a Centos PXE server and everything in the menus is working great but no matter what setting I try for local boot countdown it doesn't countdown. It sets there with
"Automatic boot ...
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How can I create a ram root disk for pxeboot of xen dom0?
I've been able to successfully boot a xen kernel and dom0 by setting up things according to this link:
http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Mboot.c32
However, I'm wanting my root partition not to ...
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opensuse syslinux in a submenu
I'm trying to create a netboot installer that allows installing various versions of linux. My TFTP server is dnsmasq from debian wheezy. I've got debian, ubuntu, and fedora working fine, but I'm ...
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WDS is not started when invoked from SYSlinux menu
I've configured WDS to use syslinux (I'm using Syslinux-6.04-pre2), and my boot configuration is to work only with UEFI/64
With my current setup, Linux boots are starting correctly when I select it ...
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Using pxe boot for usb installer
I have a disk image (A) with a custom installation of CentOS 7. This disk image is included in another disk image (B) which also contains an installation of CentOS (minimal) as well as an installer ...
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Serve isolinux.cfg from a network location
Is it possible to configure a boot ISO to pull its menu over the network? I'd like to have an install iso which could be dynamically reconfigured to install different versions of my distribution.
I'd ...
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Kickstart "Unable to download kickstart file. Check parameter"
So I'm using 2 VMs (CentOS 6.0), one acting as a build server, the other is a new server I'm trying to build with a kickstart.
When I start the VM for the new server (with the build server already ...
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Failed To Install syslinux on USBDRIVE with Mac OS X
I am creating Ubuntu Server 13.10 Bootable USBDRIVE with command line using Mac OS X, In this i tried to install Syslinux on USBDRIVE by using syslinux command by following:
xxx-Mac:~xxx$ sudo ...
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Linux: Rescue a system remotely after boot failure
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I have two linux based servers which are remotely located.
It has already happened twice: after a system or kernel update, the system wasn't responding/reachable over ssh anymore (...